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Originally Posted by Incinerator
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I question their data and the method they used to acquire it. The cost of a Hummer is three time that of the Civic, so according to the author, the manufacturer is eating a massive amount to sell the Civic versus the Hummer. Doesn't fit from a manufacturing or sales perspective.
From an ownership perspective, the fuel consumption of the Hummer is four times that of the hybrid. So if both vehicles travel 100,000 miles in a five year period, the cost to fuel the Hummer (10 mpg, and that is being liberal) at $3.00 per gallon is going to be $30,000. The Civic is going to be (based on 45 mpg) is going to be $6,667. The Hummer costs ~$60,000 while the Civic is ~$22,000. Costs for the Hummer are $90,000 (without maintenance) and the Civic is $29,000 (without maintenance). You tell me how a vehicle that is operationally three times as expensive and consumes more fuel, is somehow going to be cheaper in the phoney dust-to-dust energy cost rating. Seems bogus to me, and I subscribe to their political ideology.